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Top News: iPad3 | Mandatory Facebook access | Google Plus image problem

iPad 3 What to expect at Apple’s event. New iPad expected with faster chip, sharper screen. How the iPad could give Microsoft a serious r  [...]

Top News: Sexy Super Bowl ads | Display and Google | YouTube strategies

Campaigns & Creative: Super Bowl ads get racier, but does sex really sell? Ad Technologies: New display ad push adds to bag of tricks. Search still   [...]

China's Alibaba Group Moves to Become Next Social Networking Giant

Alibaba Group, China's e-commerce giant, is beta-testing a new social-networking-product. An Alibaba Group spokeswoman told Reuters the product will be called "Laiwang" and will be available on the PC and downloadable onto Android smartphones and iPhones. Laiwang is said to be similar to the Google+ network. China as Global Ad Growth Driver Laiwang is the latest   [...]

New Rules of the Road for Global Online Marketing Campaigns

News flash. Online ads in India perform better when written in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and other regional languages compared to English creatives! Apparently these localized ads attract more internet users, according to a survey by Ozone Media and reported in the Economic Times. If that wasn't surprising enough, the study also found that resident Indians res  [...]

Lufthansa to Introduce Internet Service by 2010

Lufthansa has announced plans to reintroduce internet service a number of long-distance flights by the first half of 2010. The company deactivated in-flight internet service three years ago because of weak demand. The offering, dubbed FlyNet, enables users to connect with wifi-enabled laptops or handhelds like the iPhone or BlackBerry, even while flying over large bodies of water. The satellite technology powering the service is provided by Japan's Panasonic,   [...]

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Marketers Struggle to Realize Global Reach

The top 50 US websites are getting more traffic from abroad than from within their own borders, yet few are willing or prepared to tap into that market, AdAge reports. Traditionally, US marketers haven't had much interest in foreign audiences. But today there are more online and media players with an international reach, including Facebook, News Corp.'s MySpace, and Viacom, with its MTV and V  [...]

Sprite Experiments With YouTube Series: 'Green Eyed World'

Coca-Cola-owned Sprite is hopping on the reality show bus with an interactive YouTube channel called "Green Eyed World," which will feature Facebook integration, writes The Wall Street Journal. Sprite decided to try reaching out to teens with two things they love most - social media and music - and to use the message of pursuing passions as the driving force behind the campaign. The series, which will f  [...]

Typical SocNetters Address 110 People/Week; Spend $101 Online/Month

With 40 million active users in the US, social networking has grown 93% since 2006 -- and is poised to play a vital role in the current economic downturn, according to a trend report from Netpop Research LLC. Crucially, Netpop also predicts a related increase in social media advertising opportunities, MarketingCharts   [...]

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Aussie Gov't to Pilot Nationwide 'Net Filter

The Australian government is moving forward with plans to implement a nationwide online filter of objectionable material. The filter is one component of an $82 million cybersafety effort to protect children from exploitation and discourage adults from downloading illegal content, including terrorist materials or child pornography,   [...]

Google Zeitgeist Unearths Global Interest in Socializing, Politics

Equipped with data from over 30 countries, the objective of Google's Year-End Zeitgeist is to hone in on topics of global interest. In 2008, "Sarah Palin," "Beijing 2008" and "Facebook login" topped the fastest-rising topics worldwide: Meanwhile, top-of-min  [...]

HuffPo's 'World Affairs' Enlists Bloggers Queen Noor, John Kerry

The Huffington Post, one of the fastest-growing independent political sites this year, is launching a World Affairs section. The new channel shall include analysis from US foreign policy experts and bloggers worldwide. Contributors are expected to include Queen Noor of Jordan, John Kerry and Harvard professor Joseph Nye. Correspondents are expected to represent over 50 countries, and syndicated editorial content will also be f  [...]

Not on Our Watch: Google Blocked on Russian Ad Buy

The Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS), a Russian watchdog agency, blocked Google from executing its planned transaction of Russian ad platform ZAO Begun. Digital ad players are increasingly acquiring properties in the Eastern-European ad market, from WPP's purchases of Advertures and   [...]

Economist Gives World a Vote in US Presidential Election

London-based business rag The Economist has created a global version of the US Electoral College, based on the population of each country. The magazine hopes to stimulate online brand engagement through the effort, which leverages overseas interest in the US election -- a "closely watched contest" worldwide, said VP Ron Diorio of product and community development in New York. "We thought it would be fun and a bit of an educa  [...]

Carat Revises Global Ad Spend Forecasts

Carat lowered its growth forecasts for global advertising expenditures in 2008 and 2009, predicting 4.9 percent growth in 2008 (vs. 6.0 percent it estimated in March) and a growth of 4.8 percent in 2009 (vs. a 4.9 percent estimate in March),   [...]

Global Entertainment, Media to Hit $2.2T in 2012, Driven by Digital, Mobile

The global entertainment and media (E&M) industry will reach $2.2 trillion in 2012, growing at a 2008-2012 compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6 percent, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers's "Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2008-2012,"   [...]

Microsoft Gives OpenSocial the Cold Shoulder; Ties Deals with Five Social Networks

On the same day Yahoo declared plans to join OpenSocial, Microsoft announced interoperability deals with five social networks. Yesterday Microsoft signed five separate agreements with social networks that will allow users to share contact data with its Windows Live platform. The networks are: Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Tagged and L  [...]

Carat: 6.0% Global Ad Spend Growth in 2008, 4.9% in 2009

Carat issued revised forecasts for global advertising expenditures in 2008, lowering them marginally, to 6.0 percent from 6.2 percent in September last year. Aegis's media-buying unit also published forecasts for 2009 and issued separate data on Canada, Central and Eastern Europe and th  [...]

'YahooSoft' Would Make Web Powerhouse, Just Not in Search

In the wake of the announcement that Microsoft has made an unsolicited bid to buy Yahoo, Hitwise's Bill Tancer examines the top web properties of the two companies, as well as Google's, breaking  [...]

Ad Spend to Increase Nearly 7% to $479B in '08

Global ad spend in measured media will reflect 6.8 percent year-over-year gain, reaching $479 billion in 2008, compared with 2007's 6.0 percent YOY increase, according to GroupM's This Year, Next Year study, writes MarketingCharts. That forecast growth rate is unchanged from GroupM's   [...]

Social Network Ad Spend to Grow 70% in '08, Surpass $1.5B

With most teens and nearly 40 percent of adults visiting social-networking sites, advertisers are avidly experimenting on Facebook, MySpace and niche online social networks, according to a new eMarketer report, writes MarketingCharts. In 2008, US advertisers are expected to spend nearly $1.6 billion --  [...]